"Forest River Pathway"
**NEW!!**
Sept 2017 ~ Double
CD set!!
Progressive world rhythm Shamanic Sound
Medicine music!
Details here, including audio samples & ordering.
With guest appearances by Jon Anderson
of YES,
David Duhig of Jade Warrior
and Athena Burke.
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 "Shaman
Mirror Medicine Tree"
**BACK IN STOCK!! 9-22-2019**
2010 ~ Double CD
set!!
A progressive world rhythm shamanic journey,
with occasional soul affirmative chants & spirit cleansing
healing sound meditations.
With guest appearances by Daevid Allen
of GONG,
Jon Anderson of YES, Jim
Ballard & more.
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“Rich
Goodhart's world roots music is wild fire, inspiring the listener
to
open wide the ears, heart and mind with his exquisite touch on
percussion,
wind and strings, creating an ever-changing atmosphere of rhythm,
mood,
melody, resonance, integrating heaven and earth and honoring all
the
directions. You are in for a beautiful journey with his new album.
Enjoy it!”
~ Chloe Goodchild,
International singer, founder of The
Naked Voice
"The
music of Rich Goodhart transports me, especially while I am painting.
His music has layers, a depth of wisdom, and such rich "color"...just
like my
painting experiences. Rich Goodhart's music is a powerful portal
we can all use
to tap inner knowings...a wisdom only accessed through the senses.
So grateful for his artistry and spirit."
~
Whitney Freya, WhitneyFreya.com
"Shaman Mirror Medicine Tree has amazing properties -
it completely
relieves stress and centers my thoughts as I listen. Sound healing
works,
I know that through this music."
~ Arthur
Cooper, PhD, Chemist and Buddhist Practitioner
Produced,
arranged and recorded by Rich Goodhart
All instruments
and vocals on all tracks performed by Rich Goodhart, with the
addition
of guest performances by:
Daevid Allen ~ glissando guitars on “Entering the
Circle” and “Weaving Luminous Strands”.
Jon Anderson ~ all vocals and lyrics on “Good
Love Coming”.
Jim Ballard ~ all vocals on “Word from the Elders”.
David Macejka ~ frame drum on “Between Earth and Sky”
and “Earth Medicine Rhythm”.
John Ragusa ~ flute, drum and vocals on "Moon Ra".
Kris Renta ~ vocals on “Moon Ra”.
Raji Nevin ~ vocals on “Moon Ra”.
RG ~ dousongoni, sanza, bouzouki, dulcitar, Native American
flutes, melodica,
vocals, hand drums (frame drums, bendir, ashiko, djembe, doumbek,
sogo, kidi, kanjira),
talking drums, antique Tibetan bowls, Filipino buzz sticks, jaw
harp, berimbau, shakers,
tambourine, bells, hand claps, guiro, keyboards, drones.
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 "Earth
Spiral Water Sound"
2005
Progressive cross-cultural world rhythm invocations,
soul healing transportations, spirit heart chants and
songs of earth mystery musings.
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RG - Dousongoni,
dulcitar, sanza, African drums (djembe, sogo, kidi, ashiko),
talking drums, doumbek, frame drums, kanjira, clay pot,
udu, bendir, bazouki,
melodica, jaw harps, keyboards, bamboo sticks, berimbau,
conga, shakers,
tambourine, bells. Chant, chorus and lead vocals.
with guest artists:
Daevid
Allen (of Gong) - Glissando guitars and Vocals
Joanne Shenandoah - Lead and Chant vocals on "It's
Always There".
Steve Gorn - Bansuri Bamboo Flutes
Ray Jung - Bass
Brian Kolins - Wind Gong and Suspended Cymbal
Liana Turner - Vocals
Bar Scott - Vocals
Jim Ballard - Vocals
Kate McDonnell - Vocals
Alysun Panichi - Vocals
Amy Fradon - Vocals
Katy Taylor - Vocals
Earth
Spiral Water Sound is Rich's most visionary, inspired
and far reaching
production to date. With many special guest artists including
Gong and Soft Machine
co-founder Daevid Allen,
Grammy nominated Native American musician
Joanne Shenandoah and
Bansuri Flute master Steve Gorn.
The instrumentation
is heavily multi-ethnic acoustic with plenty of African
and middle-Eastern
hand drumming, dousongoni, sanza, dulcitar, wordless vocal
chants, and cosmic trance-portal
glissando guitar work and vocal improvisations from master
musician Daevid Allen. Also with
eco-spiritual lyric vocals on several tunes, including Joanne
Shenandoah's exquisite rendering
of "It's Always There".
"WOW!!
As a Shamanic practitioner, transportative vessels such
as this disc
I find to be few and far between. It is Masterful, and for
anyone wishing to look
further than the end of their own head for glimpses of the
rest of the Universe,
known and unknown, it has worked as well as anything I have
ever used to
Journey with. My deepest compliments!"
~ Kevin Wilkinson,
Visual/Energy Artist
"An
effortless heartwarming musical journey"
~ PLANETGONG
"Well,
it came, I listened, it conquered, captured, enveloped,
convinced.
Truly, your best work.
Visionary...Transporting...Beautiful Musicianship from everyone!
Thank You, Rich, for Listening with a capital L and holding
to
the Great Song, the Great Gift. Blessings."
~ Saruah Benson
- Musician, Sound Healer, Spirit Guide
Dear
Rich,
Yr CD is an absolutely beautiful piece of work. I enjoyed
it immediately
& it keeps playing itself!! Thanks for including me.
Love, daevid
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 "The
Gathering Sun"
1999
Progressive world beat art songs.
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RG - Keyboards
(piano, organ, synthesizer), African drums (sogo, kidi, djembe,
ashiko),
berimbau, dousongoni, frame drums, acoustic guitars, jaw harps,
talking drums, kanjira,
melodica, auto harp, log drum, clay pot, doumbek, shakers,
hand claps, tambourine,
percussion, chant vocal. |
| CHARLOTTE PHARR
- Lead and chant vocals |
| AMY FRADON
- Lead and chant vocals |
| MITCH ELROD
- Vocals, dobro |
| JOHN RAGUSA
- Flutes, harmonica, vocals |
| CARL ADAMI
- Bass |
| BRIAN KOLINS
- Snare, bass drum |
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"Think percussive
quicksilver. Think a rain of talking drums. Think melted
sweet
butter poured through a piano during a performance of Terry
Riley's In C. Then
stop thinking...and listen. Then stop listening...and feel.
Mmmm. Yes. Nice. ...
deftly integrating subtle Third World rhythms into challenging
yet fully realized
compositions. The Gathering Sun is
ambitious fare, but Goodhart and his
collaborators
rise to the challenge, creating an album that surprises
every bit
as much as it delights." J. Eric Smith,
METROLAND
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The Gathering
Sun
is the most dynamically arranged and musically evolved of
Rich's work.
Combines some of the best elements of world music, progressive
rock and eco-spiritual poetry.
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 "Never
Give A Sword To A Man Who Can’t Dance"
1995
Progressive world beat instrumentals with wordless vocals.
Sold Out
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| RG - Dousn'goni,
berimbau, African drums (sogo, kidi, ashiko), frame drums
(tar, riq, bendir), sanza, keyboards, doumbek, talking drum,
log drum, clay pot, percussion, conga, bamboo jaw harps, tabla. |
| AMY ABDOU
- Vocals |
| MITCH ELROD
- Vocals |
| STEVE GORN
- Bansuri bamboo flute |
| JOHN RAGUSA
- Flutes, trumpets, harmonica |
| THE SWIM TEAM
SINGERS and THE GOODRICH CHOIR |
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| "This is music
with a true sense of adventure, with plenty of backbone
and vibrant heart."
GLEN VELEZ
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"Amazingly talented...
his versatility and vision are rare. The ultimate soundtrack
to
one's most private ritual dream." PJ Birosik,
NAR
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listening experience." TIME AND A WORD
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"The song development
is gradual flowing and intentional. At a time when amateurs
are
honing their production skills with experimental "worldly"
product, this self-produced album
represents the forefront of hybrid song-building." RHYTHM
MUSIC
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"Stunningly subtle...brilliant."
DIRTY LINEN
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 "Affirmative
Reply"
1991
Progressive world beat instrumental.
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RG - Sanza,
keyboards, doumbek, berimbau, frame drums, talking drum,
udu drum,
roto-toms, percussion, conga, bass, pan pipes.
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STEVE GORN
- Bansuri bamboo flutes
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JOHN RAGUSA
- Flute and trumpet on "Blue Bertolli"
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RAY JUNG
- Bass and Chapman stick on "Blue Bertolli"
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"Anyone familiar
with his fine first album, Divining Signs, needs
no introduction to the
exotic, richly textured web Goodhart weaves with his panoply
of ethnic instruments.
On Reply, he delves more deeply into the organic
language of his drums and
percussion, and the resulting rhythmic conversations are
both warm and
primitively, provocatively mysterious." METROLAND
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"Built around
the rich watery tones of the sanza, ...a fluid field of
sound that draws on
many ethnic traditions while recasting them in a contemporary
light." HEARTBEATS
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shows a real mastery of the music." OPTION
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"A sumptuous
feast of polyrhythms and subtle atmospheric twists of melody
and
counter-melody." METROLAND
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***Ranked in
Musical Starstreams Top 20 Albums of
1991 along with Mickey Hart's
"Planet Drum", Dead Can Dance, Enigma and Ottmar Liebert.
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 "Divining
Signs"
1989
World beat instrumental w/ New Age leanings.
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RG - Sanza,
tabla, synthesizer, piano, berimbau, udu drum, frame drum,
acoustic guitar, percussion, roto-toms. |
| JOHN RAGUSA
- Flutes |
| STEVEN KRASKOW
- Bass on "What Do Your Eyes See?" |
| TIM
DINOVO - Drums on " Won't You Join The Dance?"
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"Southeast Asian,
Brazilian, Indian and African rhythms come and go, as do some
lovely flute improvisations by John Ragusa. New Age drivel
this ain't." OPTION
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"Atmospheric but
rhythmically complex. The human element missing from so much
of today's music is clearly in evidence here." METROLAND
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"Often sounds
like the beautifully eclectic Codona projects that featured
Goodhart's
late teacher, Oregon percussionist Collin Walcott." THE
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Warning:
Computer programmed, sampled performances are not a part
of the music on these records. All parts were played by
hand.
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